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From the acclaimed author-artist Maurice Sendak comes a Caldecott Honor-winning tale of a fantastical dream world. This comic fantasy will delight readers of all ages with playful illustrations and an imaginative world only Sendak could create.

In the Night Kitchen is the classic story of Mickey's adventures in the bakers’ kitchen as they prepare our morning cake. "Milk in the batter! Milk in the batter! We bake cake and nothing’s the matter!" the bakers sing.

The bakers in the night kitchen need more milk for their batter, but then Mickey falls into the cake! They decide to put him in the oven anyway, but Mickey has different plans. He escapes in a plane made of bread dough and helps the bakers find the milk at last.

"A celebration of the primal, sensory world of childhood and an affirmation of its imaginative potency," proclaimed Children's Books and Their Creators.

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I love this book! And the number one reason why is the way it delighted and made my 3 yo son belly-laugh when we read it to him. It's the kind of book that can be less accessible to adults but has the potential to really tap the imaginations of children. My kids all love chanting "Milk in the Batter!" And the others while we bake. Be aware that the cartoonish little boy is (harmlessly) drawn naked if that would be offensive to you. My kids take it in stride quite naturally, and it seemed to have the effect of making my son (brother to two sisters at the time) less uncomfortable about how his body was different from theirs.

Okay first of all I absolutely CANNOT believe that some people have complained about the nudity in this book. Seriously!? I even read a review that asked why the penis had to be drawn in such detail. Lol! First of all, I'd like to assure you that the pictures of Nude Mickey are most definitely NOT detailed. This book is essentially about a dream, and if you've ever had a dream, which I'm guessing you have, then you know how bizarre your dreams can be. That's how this book is. Why is Mickey naked? Who knows. It's a dream- it makes no sense. My 18 month old son absolutely loves this book, especially when the bakers sing and when Mickey flies over the bottle of milk. It's one of the most read books in our collection.

I remember this book as a child, and thought to give it a go for my daughter.

Upon receiving this book, it came back to me that this story is just odd. However, my 2 year old daughter is ENAMORED with it. After reading it around the 3rd time, I began to really enjoy it, much like Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are."

It is really quite a beautifully, simple story of a fantastic dream and it seems, at least from reading about the book further (and its controversies) to be dissected too much, as if a book with a child being naked HAS to have some deep meaning to it.

Take it for what it is... innocence and dream.

GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS and FUN illustrations. I love seeing all the little hidden things.

Little Mickey goes to bed and dreams of an adventure in the night kitchen. He almost gets baked into a cake (whoops!), makes an airplane out of dough, and saves the day by diving into a milk bottle to retrieve the missing ingredient for the bakers. Yes, its a strange story, because, you know - it's a *dream*, people. It's so evocative because it's so surreal, it is one of the most perfect renderings of the dream-state ever created. The illustrations are unbelievably gorgeous.

Yes, the little boy is naked at times, and yes, you see his penis. If you think that's a big deal, nothing I'm going to say is going to convince you otherwise. But I am going to say that the nudity is not incidental. One of the primary delights of this book (and of dreaming for that matter) is it's sensory aspects - the great visuals of the city made of pantry items, the wonderful smells of baking, and of course, the feeling of food. If you have a kid you know that they love to play with food. Imagine how awesome it would be to roll around naked in cake batter, wear a cake suit, and go swimming in a big bottle of milk!

I love this book, and have loved it for 30-some years. My little girl loves it too, and I hope she will read it to her kids as well!

BTW, if you are a fan of the book, don't miss Stephen Colbert's discussion with Sendak on the Report [...]

I found a poster first. I am a night person. For a personalized gift for his baby shower, I bought the book for my nephew as a personal gift from his Aunt. His mom has a collection of Coffee Cu[s for me. So far, it has been great, the gift was a hit at the shower and his mom says it is a nice variety of sound when reading him to sleep.

Ridiculously good buy for the price I bought it for. Instant favorite for my son and a classic for bed time. This is one of those books we've shared that I expect will resonate with a special attachment throughout his life.